Comments on: Jeff Clement

By: spencer

spencer — Mon, 13 Jun 2005 23:24:22 +0000

this guys amazing and can realy hit i live in marshalltown and i watched him play with my brother his dads my pincipal too bad hes not staying to beat mark maguiers record u should of saw him break the highschool record in mason city iowa he hit it on to the bilding behind the fince 20 feet away it was amazing

By: spencer

spencer — Mon, 13 Jun 2005 23:21:03 +0000

By: The Ancient Mariner

The Ancient Mariner — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 00:20:38 +0000

Minor note, but the M’s picked up a couple of HS 1B in the last two rounds who could have gone in the top 10, Dennis Raben and Xavier Scruggs. Apparently Scruggs is a moon-shot pull hitter who has trouble making contact, especially with breaking stuff, while Raben slid because he’s committed to Miami. Both are good fielders, and either or both, if we sign them, could end up legit power-hitting prospects.

By: Graham

Graham — Wed, 08 Jun 2005 21:15:20 +0000

Looks like him being a Boras client scared off a bunch of teams, Mords

By: Mords

Mords — Wed, 08 Jun 2005 18:43:03 +0000

Why did Hochevar fall so far?

By: dw

dw — Wed, 08 Jun 2005 18:36:22 +0000

For you Oregonians… Clement and USC will be in Corvallis this weekend for the super-regional series against Oregon State.

By: benjamin Ramm

benjamin Ramm — Wed, 08 Jun 2005 15:33:24 +0000

Now that I’m reading the articles about Clement, I realized that I know his agent from college. Barely know him, but I’ve met the guy a few times.

By: Jesse Scott

Jesse Scott — Wed, 08 Jun 2005 06:30:56 +0000

Yeah, I would also like to know how they come up with their projections exactly. But hey, it’s draft day. We’re supposed to be positive right?

By: eponymous coward

eponymous coward — Wed, 08 Jun 2005 06:17:14 +0000

So how do these “projects to his .270 to .280 with 30-35 HRs” projections get made, anyway? Actual statistical analysis? Or scouts pulling numbers out their asses? Some combination of the two? Or what?

How do Clement’s numbers compare to other ML hitters at USC, like Boone and Cirillo? I know, it’s an imperfect comparison at best- but these projections always strike me as serious wishful thinking more than detailed analysis.

By: Jesse Scott

Jesse Scott — Wed, 08 Jun 2005 06:11:20 +0000

ESPN/Baseball America’s draft analysis:

Clement generates light-tower power with a short, compact left-handed swing. He stays inside the ball well and gets excellent backspin. As a major-league hitter, he projects to hit .270 to .280 with 30 to 35 home runs…

Wow… I haven’t heard “light-tower power” before. It certainly *sounds* impressive. I do like those projected numbers though. Seems like that would fit very nicely in or around the 5 hole.